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M. E. Boynton General Store ( Organization )
[ 1866 – 1912 ]

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M. E. Boynton General Store
Myret Boynton [1843-1904] ran a general store and post office on Pelham Hill from 1866 until his death in 1907. He had purchased the store previously run at various times by Enos S. Richardson [b. 1828], Job S. Miller [b. ca. 1839] and William Conkey [1823-1890] (no, not the "Conkey's Tavern" owner).  Boynton ran the store as a co-partnership with his brother-in-law Albert L. Sanborn [b. ca. 1840] for a short time.

The store was located only a few hundred feet to the east of the Museum. The cellar hole is visible today off the parking lot by Gate 11 , Quabbin Reservoir.  The embankment in which the porch stood stands between the cellar hole and the road.

Boynton was a dealer "in Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour, Meal & Feed, Paints, Oil , Hardware, Glass &c."  He also sold agricultural implements and was Postmaster between 1867 and his death in 1904. 

The store was a frequent target of vandalism and break-ins throughout its history.

On Feb. 6, 1896 the store burned. It was rebuilt as the 1 1/2 story structure with a porch. (This is the structure seen in the photographs of "Boynton 's Store.")  After Boynton's death, his wife Laura Catherine Smith Boynton [1845-1927] became Postmaster for a short time. Jesse M. Ely [1958-1928] later ran the store and post office from 1906 until 1912, when it closed. The building survived until the coming of the Quabbin Reservoir in the 1930s.

In 1980, the Pelham Historical Commission received permission from the Metropolitan District Commission to use stone in the Boynton's Store cellar hole for its landscaping project around the Town Hall Complex. The stones around the grounds outside this Museum and the Town Hall (with the exception of the Conkey's Tavern Lentil Stone) are from the former Boynton's Store.

Robert Lord Keyes
June 16 ,2001

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BoyntonGeneralStore

About

M. E. Boynton General Store
Myret Boynton [1843-1904] ran a general store and post office on Pelham Hill from 1866 until his death in 1907. He had purchased the store previously run at various times by Enos S. Richardson [b. 1828], Job S. Miller [b. ca. 1839] and William Conkey [1823-1890] (no, not the "Conkey's Tavern" owner).  Boynton ran the store as a co-partnership with his brother-in-law Albert L. Sanborn [b. ca. 1840] for a short time.

The store was located only a few hundred feet to the east of the Museum. The cellar hole is visible today off the parking lot by Gate 11 , Quabbin Reservoir.  The embankment in which the porch stood stands between the cellar hole and the road.

Boynton was a dealer "in Dry Goods, Groceries, Flour, Meal & Feed, Paints, Oil , Hardware, Glass &c."  He also sold agricultural implements and was Postmaster between 1867 and his death in 1904. 

The store was a frequent target of vandalism and break-ins throughout its history.

On Feb. 6, 1896 the store burned. It was rebuilt as the 1 1/2 story structure with a porch. (This is the structure seen in the photographs of "Boynton 's Store.")  After Boynton's death, his wife Laura Catherine Smith Boynton [1845-1927] became Postmaster for a short time. Jesse M. Ely [1958-1928] later ran the store and post office from 1906 until 1912, when it closed. The building survived until the coming of the Quabbin Reservoir in the 1930s.

In 1980, the Pelham Historical Commission received permission from the Metropolitan District Commission to use stone in the Boynton's Store cellar hole for its landscaping project around the Town Hall Complex. The stones around the grounds outside this Museum and the Town Hall (with the exception of the Conkey's Tavern Lentil Stone) are from the former Boynton's Store.

Robert Lord Keyes
June 16 ,2001

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1866 – 1912

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